Rinchen

Rinchen, meaning "treasure", is a Tibetan name, used by speakers of various Tibetic languages. It is also used as a given name by Mongols, seen as early as the Yuan dynasty. As a Mongolian name, it has various spellings such as Rinchin, Renchin, or Erinchin. People with Rinchen as one of their given names, or as a patronymic, include:

Buddhist leaders and teachers

 * Rinchen Chok of Ma (fl. 8th century), one of the disciples of Padmasambhava
 * Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055), translator of Sanskrit Buddhist texts into Tibetan
 * Yeshe Rinchen (1248–1294), Imperial Preceptor at the court of the Yuan dynasty
 * Rinchen Gyaltsen (c. 1257–1305), ruler of the Sakya school
 * Buton Rinchen Drub (1290–1364), eleventh abbot of Shalu Monastery
 * Gendün Rinchen (1926–1997), 69th Je Khenpo of Bhutan
 * Sonam Rinchen (1933–2013), teacher of Buddhist philosophy and practice in Dharamshala, India

Mongol nobility

 * Rinchinbal Khan (1326–1332), tenth emperor of the Yuan dynasty
 * Erinchin Lobsang Tayiji (fl. 1662–1682), prince of the Khalkha federation of Western Mongolia
 * Sengge Rinchen (1811–1865), Qing dynasty nobleman and general from Inner Mongolia

Other

 * Byambyn Rinchen (1905–1977), Mongolian scholar of linguistics and literature
 * Chewang Rinchen (1931–1997), Indian army officer from Ladakh
 * Rinchen Lhamo (1901–1929), writer from Kham who settled in the United Kingdom
 * Rinchen Barsbold (born 1935), Mongolian paleontologist
 * Ngawang Rinchen (born 1984), Chinese actor
 * Pema Rinchen (born 1986), Bhutanese footballer